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by underwater 3670 days ago
I used React Starter Kit for a project and greatly regretted it. In the end I would have been better off taking the time to learn how the parts fit together myself.

With the boilerplate I was locked into the questionable decisions and brittle implementation of the original author. Changing anything usually broke my app and because I had taken the starter kit shortcut I didn't have the understanding of how to fix it.

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I think of the download button as optional.

What I like about the site is the visualization.

So, for instance, you know that Express is an alternative to Meteor, not a complement. And that Jade/Handlebars work with Express and are alternatives to each other.

Just having that for all the combination of names is valuable.

Basically, it helps you understand the taxonomy.